This paper addresses the relaxations in alternative models for disjunctions, big-M and convex hull model, in order to develop guidelines and insights when formulating Mixed-Integer Non-Linear Programming (MINLP), Generalized ...

We developed an efficient heuristic to solve a joint location-distribution-inventory model for a three layered supply chain. A firm must locate distribution centers to supply a commodity to spatially distributed retailers ...

The production planning of regional small-scale soft drink plants can be modeled by mixed integer models that integrate lot sizing and scheduling decisions and consider sequence-dependent setup times and costs. These plants ...

The production planning of regional small-scale soft drink plants can be modeled by mixed integer models that integrate lot sizing and scheduling decisions and consider sequence-dependent setup times and costs. These plants ...

In this paper a new multicommodity flow mathematical model for the Job Sequencing and Tool Switching Problem (SSP) is presented. The proposed model has a LP relaxation lower bound equal to the number of tools minus the ...

This report addresses the problem of optimal location and sizing of constant power sources (distributed generators (DGs)) in direct current (DC) networks for improving network performance in terms of voltage profiles and ...

This article presents a well-known interior point method (IPM) used to solve problems of linear programming that appear as sub-problems in the solution of the long-term transmission network expansion planning problem. The ...